Man arrested, charged with 1st-degree murder in stabbing death of 35-year-old woman in Leonia, NJ

LEONIA, New Jersey (WABC) -- A man was arrested in connection with the stabbing death of a woman in Leonia, New Jersey on Sunday.

Thirty-nine-year-old Andrae Daniels was arrested and charged with first-degree murder, and possession of a weapon, according to Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella.

The arrest comes after the prosecutor's office and Leonia police department investigated the death of 35-year-old Alicia Arnone.

The police department got a call from an apartment complex at 147 Grand Avenue near Overpeck Preserve Saturday morning that a resident may have been the victim of a stabbing.

When officers arrived, they found Arnone dead from an apparent stab wound.

Daniels is currently being held at the Bergen County Jail.

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